Leviticus 6:12
And the fire on the altar shall always burn, and the priest shall feed it, putting wood on it every day in the morning, and laying on the holocaust, shall burn thereupon the fat of the peace offerings.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
13This is the perpetual fire which shall never go out on the altar.
Cross References
Leviticus 1:7And shall put fire on the altar, having before laid in order a pile of wood:
Leviticus 3:9And they shall offer of the victim of peace offerings a sacrifice to the Lord: the fat and the whole rump,
Leviticus 9:24And behold a fire, coming forth from the Lord, devoured the holocaust, and the fat that was upon the altar: which when the multitude saw, they praised the Lord, falling on their faces.
Nehemiah 13:31And for the offering of wood at times appointed, and for the firstfruits: remember me, O my God, unto good. Amen.
Hebrews 10:27But a certain dreadful expectation of judgment, and the rage of a fire which shall consume the adversaries.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 6:9-14
Law of the Burnt-Offering. ( b. c. 1490.) 8 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. 10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them… Read the whole commentary →